Turnstone Archaeology is a Queensland consultancy providing archaeological and heritage services for large and small projects.

Michael Strong is the director of Turnstone Archaeology.  He has successfully undertaken or managed more than two hundred and eighty projects since 1994.

Michael has established a leading reputation in Queensland as a landscape archaeologist and cultural heritage manager.  Major projects include dams, highways and road corridors, powerlines, mines, urban development projects, bridges and tunnels and the development of museums and keeping places.

Michael Strong has worked in this field since 1992 with Aboriginal groups from Camooweal, Charters Towers, Proserpine, Mackay, Gladstone, Bundaberg, Burnett region, the Sunshine Coast, Caboolture, Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan and Lockyer areas.  Aboriginal communities include the Bailai, Gurang, Gooreng Gooreng, Indjalndji, Gudjala, Gia, Giru-Dala, Yuibera, Wiri, Jagera, Ugarapul, Mununjali and Wakka Wakka.

Dr Mark Moore is one of Australia’s leading authorities in lithic research, with a number of scientific papers published in refereed journals.  Mark works as a lecturer (Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology) at the University of New England, Armidale, NSW.  Mark provides invaluable cooperation in the field of lithic studies, artefact reduction analysis, and holds stone tool workshops in association with Turnstone Archaeology and the Abbey Museum.

Jessica Kelley has recently joined Turnstone Archaeology as a personal assistant to Michael Strong.  She is currently undertaking an archaeology degree at University of New England, Armidale, NSW.  Jess is a talented artist and passionate about archaeology and exploring the world around her.

The Turnstone logo is derived from the Turnstone, a small plover that scurries about flipping over rocks to see what is underneath — much like archaeologists!

Turnstone Archaeology has evolved an exciting new process of predictive archaeology called Predictive Landscape And Cultural Environments (PLACE) MODELLING that can assist Aboriginal communities in the identification of their cultural landscapes, and aid in the identification of constraints during early planning of major developments, such as highways, roads, dams, mines and other major infrastructure.

TYPICAL PROJECTS

• Archaeologist for the Gudjal People for a major drilling program at Charters Towers.

• Technical adviser for the Jagera and Ugarapul People at Wyaralong Dam

• Goondicum Mine water pipeline for Monto Minerals, SunWater, and Port Curtis Coral Coast/ Wakka Wakka 2 People.

• North-South Brisbane Tunnel Aboriginal archaeology for Jagera People and Brisbane City Council.

• Cultural heritage survey for the proposed oil shale mine at Targinie for QER and Port Curtis Coral Coast claim.

• Bruce Highway Gympie Bypass predictive model for Arup and Queensland Main Roads.

• Extension of the Goonyella Riverside Coal Mine, Moranbah, for Wiri People and BMA.

• Cultural heritage survey for a resort-residential development, Curtis Island, for Port Curtis Coral Coast claim.

• Project manager for Burnett Dam cultural heritage survey for Port Curtis Coral Coast claim and Wakka people.

• Historical heritage study of Hervey Bay City for Hervey Bay City Council.

• Cultural heritage survey and mapping of the McFarlane oil shale deposit, Proserpine, for the Gia People.